Citation

Laird DA. J. Abnorm. Psychol. Soc. Psychology 1925; 20(2): 128-141.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1925, R.G. Badger)

DOI

10.1037/h0072769

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The presentation of a test for detecting abnormal behavior, developed from Woodworth's "Psychoneurotic Inventory," in an attempt to find persons in need of mental hygiene and to provide an instrument which would give a fairly precise quantitative measure of the degree and kind of deviation from the normal. The use of the test thus far has been very gratifying. "Whether it has found all in need of this attention or not is, of course, undeterminable; but it has found a large number for whom there has been a distinct need for orthosis and who would otherwise probably never have been noticed until something serious had occurred." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)